i can't get enough of you baby...

yes it's true... baby yes it's tru-ue...


Josh is coming to spend the next few days with me so please excuse me for being MIA (online, answering e-mails, meeting up...) since i have absolutely no idea when i will next get to see him (it could even be as far away as Christmas).

i will be "back" on Monday.

driving lesson anecdotes a.k.a. words of wisdom from the driving instructor

"your tester is an old man, probably in his 50s. he needs to be reassured that you are a safe driver because if he is not, he will not want to pass you. remember - he probably has a weak heart."

"erm, your left blind spot ah, is virtually non-existent (translation: you hardly check your left blind spot) and your tester sits on the left so he will notice it more. and it's harder for girls with ponytails? do you know why? because when you turn your head your ponytail will flick so if he doesn't see a flick from the corner of his eyes he will know you didn't check."

"why are you in such a rush to get through the course? the slower you take, the less things you have to do to fill up the 40min test time so you should go slow. then you will have less chance of losing points."

"sorry if it seems like i am dosing off. because i am. but your driving is pretty safe so good for me lor."

"remember, it's all about wayang... give the tester the impression that you are a safe driver... although you SHOULD also be a safe driver, not just act it."

oh what a beautiful day!

woke up to a lovely surprise today - Josh made a surprise visit to my house! see, he's en route to KL from London and had a 5 hour transit. complication was that i had already booked my driving lessons and could not cancel so we figured, nevermind, i'll see him when i do on Wednesday.

but he decided to get out of the airport and catch a cab to my place early in the morning simply to say "hi". and on the cab to my place he was getting worried i might have left for my driving lesson already (thank goodness i am the queen of maximising sleep time - and only wake up at the latest time possible).

despite only having half an hour together, it was very worth it! :)

oh and to top that all off, Bob Fitts led worship today - and there was extended praise and worship after the benediction since it was the last service of the day. wheee!

it's so bad it's good!

i feel like a total junkie now.

Moon lent me the ENTIRE series of Gilmore Girls. ENTIRE. SERIES.

it's like caffeine. administered via IV.

and i have a 3 1/2 hr driving lesson tomorrow morning.

like Lorelai would say, "COFFEEEEEEEEE..."

All around the world, let the praise begin

there's something very exciting knowing that you've got a prayer buddy halfway around the world and that you are both standing in faith together on matters close to your heart.

this week i was reminded that in all things, God will provide and that thought is enough to keep us going strong through the tough times.

Earworms

Main Entry:	earworm2
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	a song or tune that gets stuck in one's mind and repeats as if on a tape; also written ear-worm, ear worm; also called cognitive itch, sticky tune

earworm for the day was 'Somewhere' from West Side Story - somehow my dreams seem to have a soundtrack and last night, it was 'Somewhere' and everything looked blurrily Technicolour-ish. sort of like in the film where all the colours were so rich and seemed to bleed into each other.

and speaking of earworms and dreams, i realised i havent mentioned any of my weird dreams recently. the oddest in recent memory has got the works (not to mention the very random pop culture references)! let's just say that there was Stephen Collins (as Rev. Eric Camden from Seventh Heaven), Swan Lake on Ice, Amy Winehouse (?!? - exactly what i was thinking when she popped up in my dream) and some very Paris Geller-esque behaviour (references to Harvard included). and soundtrack for that? 'When the Doves Cry' (version by Quindon Traver).

ah but perhaps the weirdest earworm this week must be 'Count on me Singapore'. i rest my case...

i am amused at all this talk in the air

about weddings, ever since word got out that someone got engaged. (congrats again!).

there's a buzz of excitement and wistful sighs once the story is repeated to the umpteenth person.

makes you feel a tad old but very grown-up indeed!

people watching on the train

a while ago i was on my way home from a driving lesson and sitting across from me was a teenager/boy in his early 20s who was solving the Rubik's Cube. and not like normal people do but in a puzzle-wizard sort of way. like speed-Rubik's-Cubing. amazing! (and i feel it was totally justifiable to be staring!) He was twisting the cubes randomly about 10 times and took only about 15 seconds to solve it. once in a while when he got stuck, he'd look at the pattern intensely and miraculously figure out what previous step he did wrong so that 1-2-3 rotations later, the colours all lined up.

GEEK!

yesterday on the way to work i was standing next to a lady reading a guide book on Paris. ahh... i was completely reading over her shoulder (alas! she was tall. but she was holding up her book pretty high - perhaps to show off that she was possibly travelling to Paris in the near future?). looking at pictures of gay Paris (no, not that kind of gay! it's the phrase commonly used to describe Paris - very Hollywood...), i imagined myself back there, and reminiscing about the good times spent wandering the streets of Paris (and lounging in the gardens, browsing the museums) made the journey to work so much shorter.

Oh how clever

when i was a student in the UK, i applied for tax-relief on the interest paid by my bank to me. every once in a while they send me a form that i have to complete (which includes a section that i have to fill regarding the number of taxable days i physically spent in the UK in the past few tax years) for them to verify that i am still eligible for it.

i recently received this form again. clever me made a note the last time to save all my calculations somewhere since every time i get the form i end up manually counting the days (it gets tiresome, especially since i travelled a fair bit). however, the not-so-clever part of me forgot where i saved my calculations. i spent quite a bit of time searching all my hard-drives for the document (frustration set in after 5 mins) to find nothing. good thing i spoke to Josh (to check if i had saved it on his desktop) because he remembered that i had posted it on my previous blog so that i wouldnt lose the file/info.

genius me, oh what a genius.

so now the form is filled and will be posted tomorrow! all for the sake of a few more pounds...

By faith, I declare the year ahead blessed

'Free' by Hillsong United
From the album 'To The Ends Of The Earth'

Would you believe me if I said
that we are the ones who can make the change
in the world today?
Would you believe me if i said
that all of your dreams in your heart
can come true today?
Would you believe me if i said
that life could be all that you want it to be today?

Chorus
And if had wings I would fly
'cause all that I need, You are
And if the world caved in around me
to You I'd still hold on
'Cause You're all that I believe
and the one that created me
Jesus, because of You
I'm free


Would you believe me if I said
that God can make miracles happen today?
Would you believe me if I said
that you don't need to wait for the answers before
you step out in faith?
Would you believe me if I said
that nothing is ever impossible for God?

Bridge
Just live your life with God inside
you won't regret one moment of it
and give all that you can for God
For God